I am SO irritated and frustrated right now.
I've been unhappy about my dress for a few months now.....I thought that I was overthinking it. During my first fitting I had a meltdown about it and although my mom was willing to buy me a second dress, I decided to see what we could do to my dress to make me like it again. After a long time in the mirror, we decided to take it down from an A-line to a trumpet-like shape. When the pinned it, it still seemed a little less fitted at the hips but they told me that if I took it in anymore I wouldn't be able to sit down, so I figured 'they're professionals, they know what they're doing.'
Then there was the bustle. The top layer of my gown is organza, which is pretty much see through. When they did the standard one-loop bustle, all I saw was a giant wrinkle underneath the organza. Not pretty. I'm not usually the kind to speak up about things like this-but for my wedding gown i did. My mom quickly noticed what I saw too, and tried to explain to them for roughly 15-20 minutes why we didn't like it. Finally, they redo it where it will have 3 loops....and it looks gorgeous.
Anyway, at my first fitting I had realized that my shoes were a tiny bit too tall. i looked like I was floating-not in a good way. So they found some shoes that I liked that went with my dress. Very helpful, or so I thought.
At my second fitting, which was a full month after the first fitting, we get to the store to find out that they have gotten none of the alterations on my dress done, or even started. Apparently the bustle they said they would do was not possible without the loops being visible. Great. They put me back in my dress, pins still intact from the first fitting. The seamstress eventually comes up with a great idea of making loops out of organza to use instead of the plastic loops so that it isn't so noticeable. Irritated, but satisfied, we left, scheduled to come back a week later.
Final fitting. We get to the store and the bustle is all wrong. It looks nothing like how they did it with the pins in the second fitting. Once again, all I can see is a giant, ugly wrinkle underneath the organza. OMG. When my mom (thank God she was there to speak on my behalf, as they whole time I was so furious that I was speechless) told them it didn't look the same, they have the nerve to tell us that they couldn't do it they way they had said (AGAIN) and had to do it differently. My mom once again messed with until it looked almost acceptable. I had pretty much given up caring at this point, these people just didn't listen or care. How they had taken in the sides to make it more fitted-wasn't fitted enough. I can grab almost an inch on either side right at the hip. After the bustle issue, that wasn't so bad. They had my shoes ready, which I had to ask about-they didn't even remember (or have it written down) I had ordered shoes. They looked great and matched perfectly. I had these shoes on the entire time we had the bustle debate, and during this time my feet were going numb, but hey they're new-I'll just break them in later.
So tonight I decided to wear them in a bit. Just put them on and they are a size too small. My heels hang off the back. Did they really not make sure to get the right size? So now, I have an effed up bustle. and two pairs of shoes that I can't wear.
Sincerely, Bridezilla
(because that is how I feel right about now)